Biography Seattle gals who love the Creole sound. Learned it from visits to Louisiana, from old recordings, and from the Louisiana musicians who have visited the Pacific Northwest.
Biography MaryLee Lykes have taught dance classes, workshop & special events for 20 years in Seattle. Cajun & Zydeco are her favorite forms to teach and dance to. Come share the Joy!
Biography Tami, Claudette and Claudia of WHOZYAMAMA's twin fiddle and accordion are reminiscent of Les Femmes d'Enfer 1994 to 2006. They have added the backline with electric guitar, bass Todd Fisher of Delta Rays, Doug Warren of Bayou Boogie and the New Riders of the Quimper Grange, and Rick Rice of Cayenne to get the full dance band sound. WHOZYAMAMA has been together 5 years playing in the northwest.
Biography MaryLee Lykes have taught dance classes, workshop & special events for 20 years in Seattle. Cajun & Zydeco are her favorite forms to teach and dance to. Come share the Joy!
Biography Long time Cajun jammers, Tim Parker and TEd Granger, honored to be joined by Northwest Cajun music pioneer and fiddler extraordinaire, Karen England, and supported by as-yet unknown rhythm players.
Biography MaryLee Lykes have taught dance classes, workshop & special events for 20 years in Seattle. Cajun & Zydeco are her favorite forms to teach and dance to. Come share the Joy!
Biography Sean Donovan loves dance and teaching dance, and revels in helping others find sheer joy in movement. Emphasizing positive good fun and playful creativity, Sean communicates the essence of dance and its power to delight and transform us.
Biography Three of us have diverse musical backgrounds in celtic, old timey and country. We've all come together to focus on a twin fiddlin' honky tonkin' cajun dancehall sound. We aim to have fun and make people smile whiel they dance.
Biography Sean Donovan loves dance and teaching dance, and revels in helping others find sheer joy in movement. Emphasizing positive good fun and playful creativity, Sean communicates the essence of dance and its power to delight and transform us.
Biography Sassafras is the second iteration of the band previously known as Capuchon. We went dormant for a while after our guitar player got married and moved to Bellingham, but decided after a couple of years that we'd just had too much fun playing together, so switched some instruments around, grabbed Melanie Shelton (Cayenne, Sacalait) to play 't-fer and started anew. It's a little different and we're still having a lot of fun.
Biography Sean Donovan loves dance and teaching dance, and revels in helping others find sheer joy in movement. Emphasizing positive good fun and playful creativity, Sean communicates the essence of dance and its power to delight and transform us.
Biography Karen and John have traveled extensively in Louisiana for over 20 years to learn the music and meet Louisiana musicians. The band has been playing together for the last 5 years and play Cajun/Zydeco dances regularly.
